June 1, 2016, 9:09 a.m. -  boomforeal

#!markdown effective STA's listed in geometry charts (which is what "many other companies" list/you are referring to) for everything but rigid bikes with straight seat tubes that extend directly from the bottom bracket, are all made up numbers kudos to trek for acknowledging this and posting what i imagine is a real STA figure. the effective STA will be steeper than 68*. how much steeper? depends on the size of the frame, how high you run your saddle, how much sag you are running, how much offset their is on your post/clamp, etc. just like on every other bike, regardless of the fantasy number listed in their geo charts